rec.autos.mario....

Remco wrote:
> On Dec 9, 3:52 am, tricky > wrote:
>> Remco wrote:
>>> On Dec 8, 5:19 pm, tricky > wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:31:05 -0800, Remco wrote:
>>>>> On Dec 8, 1:17 pm, tricky > wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:08:05 +0000, tricky wrote:
>>>>>>> not much fun here lately is it
>>>>>>> anyway - I've sorted out my I.D - I'll try and post more (on the non
>>>>>>> mario threads)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> test
>>>>> No, it isn't working.
>>>>> Hey Rich.
>>>> Hey Remco - How's it going ?
>>>> I'm just testing a new news reader (Pan)- I'll see how good the filtering
>>>> is !
>>>> Rich
>>> Things are good.
>>> My bug needs one more little part* to be replaced.
>>> It has been a long hard battle and replaced pretty much everything one
>>> foot up from the ground - learned a lot about metalwork and yet still
>>> don't know enough, it seems. It has been fun and I'd definitely do it
>>> again when this one is done.
>>> (*that panel that looks like a shelf, sitting next to the engine. It
>>> holds the engine seal. )
>> LOL - Well the new reader is good I had to load up my old one to see
>> if you replyed to this LOL
>>
>> Glad to here your bug is nearly done ! Is your web site upto date with
>> all the work you have done ?
>
> I'm horrible at maintaining blogs or things like that so no, I don't
> really have a site that recorded the progress. While this stuff was
> new to me, it has been done so many times by others so figured few
> people would visit it anyway.
>
> For me, it was all about learning metalwork. It was something I had
> never done before and seeing the fantastic work by people like Wiz,
> John Kelly and others intrigued me.
> I'll never get that good and am not by any stretch of anyone's
> imagination an expert but it is very satisfying to see that my skill
> has improved.
> At the risk of bragging, I have now made several replacement panels
> that fit very nicely. If it weren't for the rattle can temporary
> primer, people that visit have a hard time telling where the old
> starts and the new begins - and it doesn't have filler on it yet.
>
> ..Of course,. I am not mentioning how many hours it took, how many
> pieces of sheetmetal were totally destroyed, how many spools of
> weldwire were wasted, how many tanks were emptied or how many times
> I've cut my work out to start over.


it sounds like you are doing a good job

I thought you had a web site a couple of years ago ? did you have a
home made wooden engine stand , and a 2x4 body lift with threaded bar as
the lift mechanism ? or am I thinking of someone else ?

On Dec 10, 6:41*am, tricky > wrote:
> Remco wrote:
> > On Dec 9, 3:52 am, tricky > wrote:
> >> Remco wrote:
> >>> On Dec 8, 5:19 pm, tricky > wrote:
> >>>> On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:31:05 -0800, Remco wrote:
> >>>>> On Dec 8, 1:17 pm, tricky > wrote:
> >>>>>> On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:08:05 +0000, tricky wrote:
> >>>>>>> not much fun here lately is it
> >>>>>>> anyway - I've sorted out my I.D - I'll try and post more (on the non
> >>>>>>> mario threads)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> test
> >>>>> No, it isn't working.
> >>>>> Hey Rich.
> >>>> Hey Remco - How's it going ?
> >>>> I'm just testing a new news reader (Pan)- I'll see how good the filtering
> >>>> is !
> >>>> Rich
> >>> Things are good.
> >>> My bug needs one more little part* to be replaced.
> >>> It has been a long hard battle and replaced pretty much everything one
> >>> foot up from the ground - learned a lot about metalwork and yet still
> >>> don't know enough, it seems. It has been fun and I'd definitely do it
> >>> again when this one is done.
> >>> (*that panel that looks like a shelf, sitting next to the engine. It
> >>> holds the engine seal. )
> >> LOL - Well the new reader is good I had to load up my old one to see
> >> if you replyed to this LOL
>
> >> Glad to here your bug is nearly done ! *Is your web site upto date with
> >> all the work you have done ?
>
> > I'm horrible at maintaining blogs or things like that so no, I don't
> > really have a site that recorded the progress. While this stuff was
> > new to me, it has been done so many times by others so figured few
> > people would visit it anyway.
>
> > For me, it was all about learning metalwork. It was something I had
> > never done before and seeing the fantastic work by people like Wiz,
> > John Kelly and others intrigued me.
> > I'll never get that good and am not by any stretch of anyone's
> > imagination an expert but it is very satisfying to see that my skill
> > has improved.
> > At the risk of bragging, I have now made several replacement panels
> > that fit very nicely. If it weren't for the rattle can temporary
> > primer, people that visit have a hard time telling where the old
> > starts and the new begins - and it doesn't have filler on it yet.
>
> > ..Of course,. I am not mentioning how many hours it took, how many
> > pieces of sheetmetal were totally destroyed, how many spools of
> > weldwire were wasted, how many tanks were emptied or how many times
> > I've cut my work out to start over.
>
> it sounds like you are doing a good job
>
> I thought you had a web site a couple of years ago ? *did you have a
> home made wooden engine stand , and a 2x4 body lift with threaded bar as
> the lift mechanism ? *or am I thinking of someone else ?

No, that's me.

It worked quite well but since then have learned to make some friends
so they've helped me put the body back on the frame.